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Women In Druidry Conference 2021

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Sisterhood of Avalon and The Coracle present: Women In Druidry Conference 2021

Keynote Speaker Eimear Burke current Chosen Chief of OBOD

Workshop Presenters Danu Forest Cerri Lee

Panelists Include Danu Forest Cerri Lee Jhenah Telyndru Joanna Van Der Hoeven

Online - Saturday, 6 November 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT / 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT

Everyone is welcome to join us regardless of gender or spiritual tradition

For more information, and to register, please visit https://tinyurl.com/womenindruidry2021

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As the wheel turns to spring, life begins to stir in the soil and earth magic grows more powerful with every day.

It’s been a busy time for me lately. As a magical mother I’m always doing two things or more at once, every day an endless list of practicalities, and my spiritual life is by necessity deeply enmeshed in the mortal physical world. I see no separation between magic and the mundane, I walk through the worlds seamlessly.  But there are times when I feel particularly blessed, when the realms of spirit come to me and I am given space, connection, without purpose, without focus, other than to touch and feed the soul, just a time to revel  in the love of the Otherworld.

Arthurian tales tell us of the Holy Grail, not the cup of Christ, but a sacred vessel, a symbol of the goddess at the heart of the land, the sacred womb which sits in the center of Annwfn- ‘the deep place’ of Welsh myth.  In earlier tales it was a cauldron as mentioned in Preiddeu Annwn ‘The spoils of Annwn’, a poem by Taliesin as a great vessel at the heart of the land which was ’kindled’ by the breath of nine maidens, or priestesses. Here we find the sacred source, the well of Segais in Irish myth, the place where life and wisdom spring eternal and renewed. A sacred place at the center of things.

Witches&Pagans #33 - Tarot & Divination

There are at least three reasons to use the divinatory arts: to explore, to communicate, and to get advice. In this special issue, we explore the mysteries of Tarot, and of divination, from all three perspectives.

Articles include:

"Ask the Land: A System for Bioregional Divination." Lupa shares tips on how read your own watershed and use its gifts in divination.

 "Pure Magick!" Michael Night Sky interviews Judika Illes. PLUS "5 Magical Uses for Tarot."

 "A Sephirothic Odyssey: Creating the Golden Dawn Temple Tarot." Artist, tarotist, and mystic Nicola Wendrich shares her seven-year journey to create a new deck rooted in the Golden Dawn magical order.

 "Reading the Leaves: A Beginner’s Guide to Tea (and Coffee)

 Divination." Discover the ancient art of tea leaf and coffee grounds reading with author Morwyn (What’s Your Potion?).

 "Ogham for Beginners: An Introduction to Druid Divination." Let Celtic shaman and author Danu Forest (Celtic Tree Magic, The Magical Year) draw back the curtain on the art of Druidic tree divination.

 "Working with the Spirits of Change: A Pagan Guide to the I Ching." Heidi Parton describes how modern Pagans can use an ancient Taoist book of wisdom to offer uniquely sage advice for complex questions.

 "78 Shades of Tarot."Author and Tarotist Janet Boyer knows from experience that there’s no such thing as a “good” or “bad” card.

 "My Mother’s Cards." Asa West discovers an entire missing history of American Tarot hidden in an heirloom; an old 1JJ Swiss Tarot deck.

In "Making the Everyday Witch Tarot," Deborah Blake and special guest Elisabeth Alba describe what it was like to create their new Llewellyn deck.

Diotima Mantineia ponders the meaning of divination in "What does it mean to predict the future?"

H. Byron Ballard shares her personal history in old-fashioned divination with "A knack with the cards."

Heathen author Shirl Sazynski looks at divination as a way to connect with deity in "Asking the Gods for Guidance."

Plus our regular columnists weigh in:

 Raven Grimassi on "Tarot and the Magician"

 Archer "The Power of the Tower (Card)"

 Hecate Demetersdatter, "Who are the American Spirits of Place?"

 Jamie Wood, "The many faces of Sage"

 Jason Mankey, "Where Goeth Paganism?"

Last, but not least, in "The Crafty Curmudgeon" Fritz Muntean & Rosa Weiss ponder the dangers of Pagan fundamentalism.

88 pages, published in December 2016.